Architecture Preview

Burj Al Arab

1. Architect: Atkins
2. When was it built? 1994
3. Location: Dubai, UAE
4. It is a luxury hotel.
5. $650 million to build.

6. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow.

7. I picked this building because even though it's a hotel it doesn't look like it. I like how it was built on a little island. I also like the way it lights up at night. It's cool how the building is built to resemble a sail boat. The fact that the building is in Dubai interested me the most.

Cubic Houses

1. Architect: Piet Blom

2. Built in 1984

3. Location: Rotterdam, Nertherlands

4. These are private homes.

5. $30 million to build.
6. Built for show and of course for people to rent out or buy.
7. I picked this building because It's very modern and unique. It makes me wonder what it looks like inside because of the way the cubic houses were built. I like how they are actual houses that you can live in and not just buildings to look at.
Nord LB building

1. Architect: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner
 2. Built in 2002
3. Location: Hannover, Germany
4. Made to house the staff of the bank.
5. Cost to build: $30 million
6. The building was designed to suit the eco-friendly environment reducing carbon dioxide emissions and optimizing the use of natural daylight.
7. I picked this building because it looks like it's going to collapse. The building is very strange. The way it was built looks like legos stacked on top of each other. It's very random.

Habitat 67

1. Architect: Moshe Safdie
2. Built in 1967.
3. Montreal, Canada
4. Private homes.
5. Cost to build: $22,195,920
6. It's a housing complex.
7. I liked how the each housing complex looks like its stacked on top of another one. It's very hard to look at and I like how is gives me a headache. This architect looks like it was hard to build. It must have took forever.


Eden Project

1. Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw
2. Built in 2001
3. Location: United Kingdom
4. Open to the public
5. Cost to build: 86 million
6. It's the world's largest greenhouse.
7. I picked the Eden Project because it's a humongous greenhouse. I'd actually like to visit it someday and see all the pretty flowers. I wanna see all the different kinds of plants that have been planted there.

Writing a news lead

First Article

Who: Two orphan brothers
What: Their parents were executed
When: 1953
Where: In America
Why: They were said to be Soviet Union spys
How: Someone claimed that their parents gave the Soviet Union secrets about atomic bombs.


Lead: They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.


New Lead: The Rosenburg orphans were very famous during the cold war. In 1953 their parents were executed after being claimed spys.


Second Article

Who: Action Comics No. 1

What: Lots of people want it.

When: Feb. 27th 2009

Where: Over the internet.

Why: It's untouched.

How: It has been hidden away for years.


Lead: After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.


New Lead: "Action Comics No. 1" comic book has been hidden away for years, but now it's making a comeback to the tune of about $400,000. 

Inverted Pyramid

Caption Warm-Up

Ian Loyd hangs out with his goat, Dexter during FFA in the barn. Ian and Dexter spent the day playing monopoly.

The photo has Leading Lines, Balance, Mergers

Caption Writting Practice

1st sentence

• There's only 2 sentences in a quality caption
• Caption answers Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
• It needs to be in present tense as in the action in the photo is still happening

2nd sentence 

• Past tense
• should have info that you cannot get by looking at the photo 
• If there are 3 people or less, must identify who they are 

Ex: Courtney is having fun at the football game with her friends on a friday night. She was wearing shorts with a black jacket when the weather was pretty cold.

Ex: Brandon Watson looks intensely trying to throw the ball into the basket against team Bowie. He scored a 3 points at the last minute which lead to their victory.

Aspects of photograph:
This picture is cropped to where only the main subject is visible. The background is simple because there's nothing that's blocking the view of the subject.

Ex: An amateur artist concentrates intensely on his tremendous piece of art with little detail by detail.

Ex: A baby owl is sitting in the palm of an anonymous person's hand in science class. The anonymous person was trying to examine the owl

This picture consists of merger because the lady in the back is growing out of the owl. There is also leading line. The little leaf is leading toward the owl.

News Elements

Proximity 

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2011/04/14/woman_charged_in_9yearolds_rep.html

Prominence 

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/rihanna-approached-to-judge-the-x-factor-turned-gig-down/60527

Timeliness
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/88963.php

Oddity
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42559675/ns/us_news-weird_news/

Consequence
http://www.prisonplanet.com/meat-glue-the-meat-industry%E2%80%99s-dirty-secret.html

Conflict
http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/04/latest-ap-poll-shows-public-strongly-rejects-obamacare-freedom-of-information-act-inquiry-reveals-a-%E2%80%9Cmassive-taxpayer-funded-multimedia-campaign%E2%80%9D-by-obama-administration/

Human Interest
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39991380/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

Spring Shoot photo prompts

Spring

Blue

Open

Angle

Africa: Black and White

I really liked the PowerPoint. Each photo was unique in it's own way. I think that every photo was amazing. The photos were cute. You can tell the photographer wanted people to see a whole different perspective of Africa and just show others the beauty.

My favorite photo was the picture of the giraffe looking off into the distance. There is just the right amount of lighting. The sun hits the ground in the right way. I really like the way the tree looks on the left side of the giraffe. The tree gives the photo balance. I also like how the photo has depth and you can see different levels of the ground. You can see other animals off in the distance which makes the photo even more interesting.

a. Nick uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses.
b. To memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa.
c. He hopes that people will understand his love for animals.
d. "The animals of Africa have a kind of hold on all our imaginations more than any other animals."

 Favorite picture by Nick Brandt

5W1H Blog warm-up.

Who? Barack Obama
What? Launches bid for re-election
When? April, for the elections in 2012
Where? Washington
Why? Needs contributions
How? Fund raising.

Basic News Writing

Austin district holds community budget forum tonight

Who? 
Who is involved? AISD, Employers, Parents of students
Who does/did the situation affect? Employers
Who said so? The School Board

What?
What is happening? AISD is cutting jobs.
What did happen? Teachers have been gotten laid off.
What are the consequences? More Teachers are getting concerned.
What is different about this? So many people are being laid off.
What are the choices?


When?
When did or will this happen? 2 weeks ago.
When was this discovered? The beginning of the year of 2011

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Austin, Texas

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen?  
Because we need to help close an anticipated $94.4 million shortfall.

How?
How did it or will it happen? The state of Texas failed to save money.
How much does it cost? $94.4 million
How many people does this affect? 1,153 people
How do you feel about this? It's very sad.

Velarde testifies he received HGH injections from Bonds' trainer

Who? Randy Velarde
Who is involved? Randy Velarde, Greg Anderson, Bonds
Who does/did the situation affect? Velarde, Anderson, Bonds
Who said so? Velarde

What? Velarde is testifying against Anderson
What is happening? Velarde says he got injected with HGH
What did happen?
What are the consequences? It's illegal
What is different about this?
What are the choices?

When? 2011
When did or will this happen? March 30th
When was this discovered? Recently

Where? San Francisco, California  
Where did or will this happen? In a court house

Why? To testify that Velarde was being injected with HGH
Why did this happen or will it happen?

How? A needle
How did it or will it happen? In parking lots secretly
How much does it cost? $800
How many people does this affect? Only Varde and Anderson
How do you feel about this?



Official: Tens of thousands of evacuees can't head home for months


Who? Japan
Who is involved? The people of Japan
Who does/did the situation affect? Everyone living in Tokyo, Japan
Who said so? Nations Nuclear Safety Agency

What? The radiation levels.
What is happening? The radiation levels are going up.
What did happen? The tsunami and earthquake damaged the power plants and now radiation is leaking.
What are the consequences? People could die due to exposure
What is different about this? There has been so much damage and it might have to do with the world ending. Global warming and all that.
What are the choices? Treating the people

When? Right now
When did or will this happen? The day of the tsunami 
When was this discovered? immediately after the power plants were damaged

Where? Tokyo
Where did or will this happen? Japan and it could happen in California too.

Why? Because god hates Japan
Why did this happen or will it happen? The tsunami caused and earthquake caused the whole mess.

How? 
How did it or will it happen? Tsunami and earthquake
How much does it cost? 12 billion dollars
How many people does this affect? thousands
How do you feel about this? It's very upsetting to me and I wish I never happened.